Dan Hennessey
Birthday: Born in 1941-08-25 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Deathday: 2024-11-13
Canadian voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe (with John Stocker, Bruce Gordon, Harriet Cohen, and Jerelyn Homer). That same year, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play. A decade later, he was the voice of Chief Quimby and other characters on DiC's Inspector Gadget and starred as Dizzy in Nelvana's first feature film, Rock & Rule. His best-known role is the voice of Brave Heart Lion in the animated Care Bears franchise (he also voiced Loyal Heart Dog as well as the Irish voice of Good Luck Bear on an episode of the television series).
TV Credits
Hammerman
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Set before his pyrotechnic rise to stardom, (M.C.) Hammer is still Stanley Kirk Burrell, helping kids at the local community center and dreaming of making it big as a rap music star. When some "magic dancing shoes" step into his life, Stanley is transformed into HAMMERMAN - the first musical superhero!...
Jayce et les Conquérants de la lumière
Character: Audric / K.O. Kruiser (voice)
The Lightning League drives white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry, and are led by a teenager named Jayce. The villains are organic green vegetable-based creatures called the Monster Minds, who tend to take the shape of black and green vehicles. They travel via large green organic vines which can grow in and across interstellar space, and sprout seeds that rapidly grow into further Monster Minds. They are led by Saw Boss....
The Adventures of Tintin
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Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives....
The Care Bears
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called Care-a-Lot. They travel around the world on Missions in Caring, whilst evil villains such as Professor Coldheart and Lord No Heart, try to thwart their plans....
Dinosaucers
Character: Genghis Rex (voice)
Dinosaucers is an animated television series co-produced in the United States and Canada. It was created by DIC Entertainment which has done the overseas animation and in association with Ellipse Programmé and Nelvana. This animated program originally aired in syndication in the USA in 1987 by Coca-Cola Telecommunications. 65 total episodes were made throughout the show's broadcasting, but it only lasted one season during the 1987-1988 television season. The show's first 21 episodes can be purc...
RoboCop: The Animated Series
Character: Robocop
Cyborg cop Alex Murphy, with his partner Officer Anne Lewis fight to save the city of Old Detroit from assorted rogue elements, and to reclaim aspects of his humanity....
Ewoks
Character: King Gorneesh (voice)
The Ewok Wicket and his friends from the Bright Tree Village go on many magical adventures....
Cyberchase
Character:
Cyberchase is an American/Canadian television series for children ages 7-13. The series takes place in Cyberspace, a virtual world, and chronicles the adventures of three children, Jackie, Inez, and Matt, as they use math and problem solving skills to save Cyberspace and its leader, Motherboard, from The Hacker, the villain. Cyberchase has received generally positive reviews and won numerous awards. Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana produced the first five seasons, while Thirteen, in associatio...
C.O.P.S.
Character: Turbo Tu-Tone (voice)
C.O.P.S. is an American animated television series released by DIC Entertainment and Celebrity Home Entertainment. This cartoon, which ran from 1988–1989, used the tag line: "Fighting crime in a future time, protecting Empire City from Big Boss and his gang of crooks". In 1993, the series was shown in reruns on CBS Saturday mornings as CyberCOPS, the name change due to the 1989 debut of the unrelated primetime reality show of the same name. The show was based on Hasbro's 1988 line of action figu...
Beetlejuice
Character: Bully the Crud
The adventures of preteen goth Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice as they explore The Neitherworld, a wacky afterlife realm inhabited by monsters, ghosts, ghouls and zombies....
Police Academy
Character:
Police Academy: The Series, also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series, is a 1988 American animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films. The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television. It aired weekdays and lasted two seasons for a total of 65 episodes. Some episodes feature a crime boss named Kingpin. His keen intelligence, girth, and stature are very similar to the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Other new characters wer...
The Raccoons
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The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with three preceding television specials from its inception in 1980 and one direct to video special in 1984. The franchise was created by Kevin Gillis with the co-operation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
The NeverEnding Story
Character: South Wind (voice)
The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia....
Blazing Dragons
Character:
In the kingdom of Camelhot, where the dragons are the good guys, King Allfire and his lazy knights are often rescued from their predicaments by resourceful squire Flicker, who helps them battle the greedy humans....
ALF: The Animated Series
Character:
ALF: The Animated Series is an animated cartoon spin-off based on the live-action Sitcom series ALF. It premiered on September 26, 1987 and ran for 26 episodes. ALF Tales was a spinoff from the series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner relational to Fractured Fairy Tales....
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Character: Bully Koopa (voice)
The Mario Bros., Princess Toadstool, and Toad protect the Mushroom Kingdom against the evil forces of Bowser and his seven Koopa Kids....
Popples
Character:
Popples was a Saturday morning cartoon, based on the Popples toys, that aired in the United States from 1986 to 1987. The pilot was a live-action Shelley Duvall special, in which they were puppets and marionettes; after this was well-received, it was decided to make a cartoon series with the same characters. The cartoon was produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies. Like the toys they're based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears or ...
My Pet Monster
Character: Beaster (voice)
Max's ordinary monster doll comes to life when its shackles are released by a magic key....
X-Men
Character: Sunder (voice)
The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind....
Dog City
Character: Baron Von Rottweiler (voice)
Dog City is a television series that was produced by Nelvana Limited and Jim Henson Productions and aired on FOX from September 26, 1992 to January 28, 1995, and in Canada on Global in 1993, then on Teletoon until 2000. The show contained both animation by Nelvana, and puppetry by Jim Henson Productions. This was the first Jim Henson animated series since Muppet Babies and the animated Fraggle Rock....
Inspector Gadget
Character: Chief Quimby (voice)
Inspector Gadget is a clumsy, dim-witted human cyborg detective with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget stumbles around working the cases while his niece and dog do most of the investigating. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organisation, known as "M.A.D."...
Little Bear
Character: Father Bear
Follows a young bear as he goes on exciting adventures in the forest, gets into trouble and learns new things with his friends, including Emily, Duck, Hen, Cat, and Owl. His parents are Mother Bear, who is always there when he needs her, and Father Bear, a fisherman who is often at sea. Based on books by Else Holmelund Minarik....
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
Character: The Commissioner (voice)
The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police is an American-Canadian children’s action & adventure animated television series that was aired on Fox Kids in the US, and it even aired on YTV in Canada, the show ran from October 4th, 1997 to April 25th, 1998....
The Incredible Crash Dummies
Character: Junkman
Dummyland is a fictional world inhabited only by living crash dummies. Many make a living testing cars, just like the real ones. The story begins with crash dummy professor Dr. Zub has creating a new "uncrashable" prototype armor called the Torso 9000 and is testing it with the help of crash dummy Ted. Unfortunately the initial trial run goes awry and Ted's head is severed from his body. The following night however, Ted is accidentally replaced with the head of the evil Junkman, who can now har...
Star Wars: Droids
Character: Jord Dusat (voice)
An animated television series that features the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO. The series takes place between the events depicted in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope....
Star Wars: Droids
Character: Uncle Gundy / Jyn Obah / Vinga / Yorpa / Governor Koong / Captain Cag
An animated television series that features the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO. The series takes place between the events depicted in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope....
Movie Credits
Rock & Rule
Character: Dizzy (voice)
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him....
Meet Julie
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Carol is a nine-year-old, with a very special doll given to her by her father. Carol's father is the owner of a company that provides security services, and when he gets an assignment to guard an art exhibit at the Louvre, he takes Carol with him. During their transatlantic crossing, Carol falls overboard....
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie
Character: Father Bear
Little Bear and Father Bear go camping in the wilderness where Little Bear encounters all kinds of new sights and sounds: an eagle's flight, a wolf's howl... and a wild little bear named Cub fishing in a stream. Even though they're from different worlds, Little Bear and Cub become fast friends....
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
The cuddly Care Bears and their cousins star in this charming third feature-length film incorporating characters from Alice in Wonderland. A young girl named Alice and the Care Bears travel together into the whimsical land of the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. In this magical story about friendship and self-esteem, they try to thwart an evil wizard's attempt to become the King of Wonderland....
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
An animated version, starring the Care Bears, of the fairy tale that inspired the famous ballet....
Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods
Character: King Gorneesh (voice)
Wicket remembers four memorable adventures from his youth: how he fixed up his great grandfather's battle wagon, the occasion when Latara ran away from the Ewok village to join the traveling Jindas, the time his father Deej fell terrible ill and the story of Kneesa's long lost sister, Asha....
The Rosey & Buddy Show
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
Rosey and Buddy, the animated alter-egos of husband and wife comedy duo, Roseanne and Tom Arnold cause trouble in Cartoon Land....
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Feel Better, Little Bear
Character: Father Bear
Between Friends: When Little Bear gets the mumps, his friend Emily cheers him up by making a book for him about all the great times they've had together. After Emily gives it to him, Little Bear feels much better and figures out how to make Emily feel better when she gets the mumps! Pillow Hill: Little Bear can't go to the picnic because he has a cold and has to stay in bed. What can he do all day long? Father Bear teach him how to make his bed into a fantastic land of adventure, and soon, the ...
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Meet Little Bear
Character: Father Bear
Little Bear, one of the most cherished characters in all of children's literature, comes to life in Nick Jr.'s animated series. Produced by Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott-winning illustrator of the Little Bear books, these stories are brimming with the warmth, humor and touch of mischief that have made Little Bear and his friends a favorite of preschoolers...
The Incredible Crash Dummies
Character: Junkman (voice)
The animated short was entirely composed of computer generated imagery and centered on the adventures of Slick and Spin. A fellow Dummy named Ted has been chosen to use a new, indestructible torso module (Torso-9000), but his head is mixed up with an evil dummy's head, leading to the birth of Junkman. Slick and Spin try to free the kidnapped Dr. Zub from Junkman before the villain can extract the knowledge of how to mass-produce the torso....
Star Wars: Droids - The Battle Against Sise Fromm
Character: Jord Dusat
Combination of episodes 1 to 4 of the animated series Droid Adventures. After being dumped in the Ingo Desert by their master, C-3PO and R2-D2 accidentally run into several new masters and collide with gangsters, criminals, pirates, Boba Fett, IG-88, the Galactic Empire and other threats , finding themselves in various difficult situations....
Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear
Character: Father Bear (voice)
When the sun goes down, exciting things happen. Hooting owls, twinkling stars-who can sleep? Here are four Little Bear tales each one as captivating as a bedtime story....
Madballs: Escape from Orb!
Character: Slobulus / Bruise Brother (voice)
The Madballs are a zany animated rock band who rock and roll their way across the galaxy. Music is illegal on their home planet so they make a break for it on Earth....
Sudden Fury
Character: Al
Fred is a psychotic entrepreneur who hopes to convince his wife Janet to invest in a shady land deal. The wife refuses, and the couple continue their heated argument while driving through the Ontario backwoods. When their car crashes, Janet is seriously injured, but Fred leaves the scene, hoping that his wife won't last the night....
Madballs: Gross Jokes
Character: Slobulus / Announcer (voice)
It begins with a warning. It is said that the episode contains scenes that may offend viewers. It is also said that most viewers may experience nagging backache, rapid heartbeat, post-nasal drip and delerium, swelling of the nose, throat, and abdomen and loss of facial hair. Repeated viewing of the episode will result in the loss of one's bodily functions, redistribution of facial features, and a difficulty in forming simple sentences. The announcer concludes the warning by saying that you shoul...
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Character: Captain Cag / Announcer (voice)
C-3PO and R2-D2 are on their way to Biitu to meet their new master, Mungo Baobab, when their ship is attacked and they are taken prisoner. Biitu has been taken over by the giant mechanical Great Heep who works with the Empire, enslaving the natives by using droid enforcers and draining R2 units to keep up his strength. Meanwhile Mungo has been imprisoned to be handed over to his arch enemy Admiral Screed....
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
This animated adventure goes back in time to the Care Bears' first-ever Caring Mission, when True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse touch down on Earth to boost the spirits of some unhappy kids at summer camp. But the evil Dark Heart has other plans, and convinces one of the campers to help him capture the Care Bears. Will our lovable heroes' Care Stare be enough to vanquish the villain -- and convince his apprentice that good's the way to go?...
Little Bear: Winter Tales
Character: Father Bear
4 Snowy Tales "Snowball Fight" "Winter Solstice" "Snowbound" "Little Bear and The North Pole"...
Little Bear: Family Tales
Character: Father Bear
4 Family Tales...
Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear
Character: Father Bear
Similar to the DVD format, Little Goblin Bear is the VHS version of this story. With tales of "Goblin Night, Moonlight Serenade, How to Scare Ghosts and Thunder Monster"...
Care Bears Wishbear Presents: The Big Star Round-Up
Character: Brave Heart Lion
The sixth episode of the first season on Care Bears....